Mohamed Muktar Shidiye

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 161 to 170 of 219.

• 31 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: I am coming to the point. view
• 31 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: I withdraw and apologise. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 31 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, one philosopher said that between a strong Judiciary and a strong Parliament, you would rather have a strong Judiciary. That is the point that I wanted to make. view
• 31 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, there is separation of powers. We do not want to muzzle the powers of the Judiciary and the Judiciary should not muzzle the powers of Parliament. view
• 31 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, I have a personal interest and I want to declare it. I have a personal interest in the sense that innocent Kenyans are being victimized by a Committee in the name of Public Investments Committee (PIC). I find it very odd. That is my personal interest, hon. Speaker, Sir. I want to declare that as my personal interest. Having said that, when Erad went to court, they won the case. That is why the matter is still pending in the Court of Appeal. I know very well that when this matter goes to the Court of Appeal--- view
• 31 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Forget about that my friend. Hon. Speaker, Sir, when Erad went to court--- If Erad was wrong; they would not have won that case. That is why I am standing here because I find innocent Kenyans are being victimized. I think that something should be done. view
• 31 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I beg to second. view
• 18 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Motion. We must appreciate the fact that 80 per cent of Kenyans depend on agriculture for their livelihoods. Small scale farmers eke out their living through farming by selling farming produce. Majority of Kenyans, about 70 per cent of them live below the poverty line. Most of the farmers living near the Mount Kenya Forest grow food crops and cash crops. We have put more emphasis on wildlife than human beings. Wildlife and tourism has become more important than our farmers. You will realize that the compensation ... view
• 18 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: tourism must be used to fence these areas in order to reduce conflict between farmers and the wildlife. Hon. Speaker, in this country security for people is very important. Each time we have an election, we lose many tourists. This is because people fear this country. People fear that violence will erupt. That is why we must reduce the tension. Year in, year out we are always discussing political issues. The political temperatures must be slightly brought down. The infrastructure must be improved. You realize that the road to Mombasa is narrow and small. Tourists even fear travelling on our ... view
• 18 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: Kenya has the capacity to bring 50 million tourists to this country, but that is only if we improve our infrastructure, security, education and diversify. We need to go the eco-tourist way. We should set up about 200 universities so that the whole of Africa comes here for high quality education, but cheap to access. We should venture into medical tourism. Many heart patients are going to India for surgery. This is because the health facilities there are top class and cheap. That is why we need to change. If we live in the old order, we will not be ... view